.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Kyle Land’s article of May 2, “Rebuilding Raton” could not have portrayed our small city in a worse way. I’m not sure what the intent was, and I would hope that the intent was better than the result. By focusing on the negative, and by only using photos of the saddest looking buildings that he and photographer Eddie Moore could find, the Journal has done us a great disservice. My partner and I moved from Florida to Raton five years ago because we saw the beauty and potential of this area. We bought a slightly tired motel and the years-closed building next to it, and turned them into the Raton Pass Motor Inn. You can look it up yourself, and file it under “retro cute” and “successful as heck.” We sold that property last year to a couple from Dallas who also love this area and who could not be happier to be out of the big city.